The language, June 15 -- TEHRAN - Three months ago, an Iranian lawmaker stood on the floor of parliament and declared the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty pointless. On Sunday, Iran's government put its name to the strongest nuclear renunciation in the country's diplomatic history, pledging in a draft memorandum of understanding with the United States that it would never produce, develop, or acquire a nuclear weapon.

it never extracted a formal renunciation of weapons development. This text does. Iran "reaffirms its commitment to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)," the draft reads, "and confirms that it will never produce, develop, or acquire a nuclear weapon."

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi confirmed on Sunday that ...